The NYT's lead story recently featured a chilling story of the infamous Israeli cyber-security firm, NSO Group, whose Pegasus malware has been illegally utilized by Mexican intelligence agencies to spy on legitimate human rights and anti-corruption activists. NSO negotiates lucrative contracts with foreign governments, which purportedly use the malware to … [Read more...]
First Foreign Visit of Trump Presidency is to Mideast, in Shadow of Major ISIS-Russia Intelligence Scandal
Today, Middle East Eye published an earlier version of this article. After publication, Washington seemed to explode with stories making portions of my earlier piece obsolete. So I've updated it here: As U.S. Pres. Donald Trump prepares for the very first foreign visit of his presidency, a major intelligence scandal and another controversy hang over his … [Read more...]
Israeli Teen Managed Cyber-Terror Supermarket
Yesterday, Ynet reported on the massive business enterprise Michael Kaydar created, selling his services to buyers around the world who sought out cyber-terror attacks. They ranged from phoning bomb threats against Delta airlines to threats to explode the heads of children at a Jewish day school. Once he claimed there was a suicide bomber in the air. … [Read more...]
Unit 8200: ‘First We Take Manhattan, Then We Take Berlin,’ and Tokyo, and London…
The Mossad is known for exploiting every possible means of leveraging its power to penetrate target countries. I've written in the past about how it co-opts local Jewish communal leaders to assist in intelligence operations. It's also known to employ successful Israeli entrepreneurs like Arnon Milchan and Haim Saban as agents of influence and more. … [Read more...]